I've dreamt for many years on how I wanted to live and experience Italy as a local. I perserved through all the chaos that is Italy and I made my dream come true. I worked my bum off to make a life here and to survive on my own two feet. I traveled far and suffered a lot with money, friends and jobs. I now want to experience something new... returning home. ࣶၦŵŸ&Ÿ&ling enough at least here in Florence. My other goal was to write about my love, Florence. Which is what I did for 2 years with both NileGuide and 10Best, both great learning experiences. But after you've lived in a city that was once a fairy tale waiting come true, you become sucked into the daily activities of that city/country and see its flaws. These flaws then turn you away from what you've always thought of being a tunnel of possibility and at any second you could exit from that tunnel and succeed to your highest potential. Alas, you realized your highest potential isn't going to transpire here. My students have helped opened my eyes to what Italy stands for though. I will not list the things I believe have deterred me from living here since these are my opinions and I know there are many people out there that still have the same dream I once did. I am not one to rain on someone's parade. Go for your dreams and don't let what I am writing discourage you from doing what your heart says.